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You can use Motion to create some abstract backgrounds by using the Replicators Filter. If your first and last frames are not exact, you can always use a quick dissolve between. Not perfectly seamless but it can work. Live Type has many abstract backgrounds built in.
Steve Eisen
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In order to be seamless, your first and last frame must be identical.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Upgrade to 5.1 before the deal expires! $199. Must be POSTMARKED BY DECMBER 20TH! And anyone else who is watching out there.
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Do him a favor and upgrade to Tiger 10.4!
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Steve Eisen
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I am sure your final project is not going to be X days long. That is why you (or an assistant) can log your tapes and only capture what you need. You are wasting time and hard drive space by capturing all 200+ hours.
Steve Eisen
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I will tell you to do your research. It all depends on what you are shooting. I own a couple of DSR-300’s and have been shooting with a full-size camera (Beta SP, Digi Beta, 3/4″) for 20 years. Your initial instinct would be to go with the XDCAM HD format. It shoots both DVCAM and XDCAM HD on a $30 blue laser disc. The F330 starts at around $15K and the F350 25K, that is without lens. XDCAM HD codec is long GOP MPEG 2. The camera produces beautiful pictures, if in the right hands. read the workflow here:
https://bssc.sel.sony.com/BroadcastandBusiness/markets/10014/docs/FCP_XDCAMHD_whitepaper.pdfPanasonic’s DVCPro HD format is another way to go. The HVX-200 (baby varicam) is very versatile. It can shoot in miniDV, DV50 and DV100. Within those formats, it can also shoot at 60i, 30p and 24p at 480, 720 or 1080. In addtion, it can shoot at variable framerates. Not bad for 5K.
Here is the workflow for the HVX-200
https://www.rainbow.gr/markets/pdfs/Video/FCP_Workflow_HVX200.pdfMy personal advise on HD aquisition would be, If I was just shooting, I would go with XDCAM HD. I am also an editor. When it comes to editing, time is money. I would hands down edit with the DVCPro HD codec over the XDCAM HD codec anyday. That is why I would recomend the HVX-200 or soon to be released HPC-2000.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
https://www.adamwilt.com/DV.html Learn it all!
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Normally it would be DV-NTSC 48 or 32. If these settings do not work, I am guessing the tape was shot in LP mode which the SR-11 will not playback. You will need a deck that plays in LP mode.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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From the Original Machine, export project using XML 2. You can open that file on your G5.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group